Reprising a role played by the legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg (whose character was dubbed Hyman Roth) in “The Godfather Part II,” Harvey Keitel plays the role of a real-life organized crime ...

Hollywood Gangster, Mickey Cohen, knew, and worked with, all the major underworld players, from Bugsy Siegel to Lucky Luciano to Meyer Lansky. He also crossed paths with Jack Ruby and was involved ...

“People see the same thing from different perspectives. And that fascinates me,” Harvey Keitel notes in an early scene while playing the title role in “Lansky,” writer-director Eytan Rockaway’s ...

Meyer Lansky (born Meier Suchowlanski, July 4, 1902-Jan. 15, 1983) was organized crime’s “Accountant” and was associated with gangster Charles “Lucky” Luciano. Meyer, along with Luciano, was ...

Merging his acumen for business with a poor choice in friends, Meyer Lansky parlayed a life of crime into a tidy $300 million profit — but at a price. How much it cost him is the essence of the aptly ...

The descendants of Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky are seeking compensation for a hotel casino in Cuba he built in the 1950s. Talks between the United States and Cuba regarding claims by Americans to ...